transitive verb vacated -·cat′ed, vacating -·cat′·ing

1. to make vacant; specif.,
   1. to cause (an office, position, etc.) to be unfilled or unoccupied, as by resignation
   2. to leave (a house, room, etc.) uninhabited or untenanted; give up the occupancy of
2. Law to make void; annul

Etymology: < L vacatus, pp. of vacare, to be empty

intransitive verb

1. to make an office, position, place, etc. vacant
2. ☆

   Etymology: back-form. < vacation

   Informal to spend a vacation